|
Fact |
Category |
Date |
|
4831 |
Turner Syndrome only affects females. |
Science > Biology |
04/01/09 |
|
4832 |
Two maple leaves first appeared on the reverse side of the Canadian penny in 1937. |
Hobbies > Collecting |
05/15/09 |
|
4833 |
Two rovers successfully landed on Mars in 2004; the first was Spirit on January 4. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/03/08 |
|
4834 |
Two rovers successfully landed on Mars in 2004; the second was Opportunity on January 25. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/07/08 |
|
4835 |
Tyrannophobia is the fear of tyrants. |
Other |
12/22/08 |
|
4836 |
U is the symbol for the chemical element uranium. |
Science > Chemistry |
06/03/08 |
|
4837 |
UEFA Euro 2008 was won by Spain. |
Sports > Soccer |
07/25/08 |
|
4838 |
Ukraine was blockaded after the country refused to cooperate with Stalin's collectivization of farms, resulting in a famine killing over six million people. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
|
4839 |
Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia. |
Geography > Asia |
09/25/08 |
|
4840 |
Ulf von Euler won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1970. |
Science |
07/19/09 |
|
4841 |
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States of America. |
People > Politicians |
05/24/08 |
|
4842 |
Unicorns may not be real, but mythical creatures also need their own collective nouns. A group of unicorns is referred to as a blessing. |
Other |
11/05/13 |
|
4843 |
Unlike in the real numbers and the complex numbers, multiplication in the quaternions is not commutative. |
Science > Math |
09/21/08 |
|
4844 |
Unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam distinguishes between a direct messenger of God (rasul) and a prophet (nabi). |
Religion > Islam |
05/15/09 |
|
4845 |
Uranophobia is the fear of heaven. |
Other |
12/19/08 |
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